2017 Natural Gas STAR and Methane Challenge Annual Implementation Workshop

Site Tour - PRCI Research Facility

• Introduction to PRCI and Research Program Update (pdf) (3.76 MB)

Welcome and Introduction

• Jerome Blackman, Program Manager, U.S. EPA

Keynote Address

• Dr. Kathryn Clay, Vice President, Policy, American Gas Association (pdf)

Natural Gas STAR and Methane Challenge Program Updates

• Sarah Menassian, Program Manager, U.S. EPA (pdf)

Methane Challenge Partner Experiences

• ONE Future Framework - Fiji George, Director, Strategic Solutions, Southwestern Energy – Partner and Terri Lauderdale, Project Manager, AECOM (pdf)
• Keith Weber, Program Manager, NiSource – Partner
• William Slade, Project Specialist – Emerging Issues, Consolidated Edison – Partner (pdf)
• McKenzie Schwartz, Analyst, Climate Change Compliance, National Grid – Partner (pdf)

Developments in Addressing Emissions from Excavation Damages

• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Update - Jay Prothro, Community Liaison, PHMSA (pdf)
• Reducing Methane Release Through Effective Damage Prevention Programs - Hillery Kelly, Senior Environmental Specialist, Washington Gas – Partner (pdf)

Addressing Frequent, Small Volume Methane Releases

• Doug Sahm, President, TPE Midstream (pdf)

Mitigating Emissions from Pipeline Blowdowns

• James Tangeman, EHS Manager, Kinder Morgan – Partner (pdf)

DOE’s Monitor Program: Developing Technologies to Detect, Locate and Quantify Natural Gas Emissions

• Dr. Joseph King, Program Director, Department of Energy -Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E)

NYSEARCH Test Program & Evaluation of Methane Emissions Technology as Applied to LDCs

• Daphne D’Zurko, Executive Director, NYSEARCH (pdf)

SWN Ground Based LDAR to Aerial LDAR

• Douglas Jordan, Director Environmental Programs, Southwestern Energy – Partner (pdf)

Leak Detection Technologies Panel
Moderator: Dr. Joseph King, ARPA-E

• Dr. James Scherer, CEO, Aeris Technologies (pdf)
• Craig O’Neill, Business Development Manager, FLIR (pdf)
• Stephane Germain, CEO, GHGSat (pdf)
• Paul Wehnert, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Heath Consultants (pdf)
• Dr. Steven Deiker, CEO and Founder, Kairos Aerospace (pdf)
• Nate Wilcox, Director of Sales and Business Development, OpGal
• Robert Kester, CTO, Rebellion Photonics
• Andrew Cunningham, Manager of Business Development, Sensit Technologies (pdf)
• Andy Liptak, Business Development and Research Engineer, United Electric Controls (pdf)

Environmental Council of States (ECOS) Shale Gas Caucus & e-MATRIX

• David Glatt, Co-Chair, Shale Gas Caucus, ECOS (pdf)

Downstream Initiative Update

• Pye Russell, Policy Analyst, M.J. Bradley & Associates (pdf)

Developments in Renewable Natural Gas

• Pam Lacey, Chief Regulatory Counsel, American Gas Association (pdf)

Best Practices to Reduce Venting and Flaring with Economic Benefit

• Jeff Voorhis, Regulatory Engineer Control Solutions, HY-BON

Innovation to Reduce Methane Emissions During Shale Oil Production in Colorado

• John Sutherland, COO, Questor Technology Inc. (pdf)

EPA GHG Data on Natural Gas and Petroleum Systems

• Adam Eisele, Environmental Engineer, U.S. EPA (pdf)

International Initiatives and Studies

• Alberta Field Methane Survey – August-December 2016 - Michael D’Antoni, Vice President, GreenPath (pdf)
• Methane Management: Voluntary International Initiatives in the Oil & Gas Sector - Don Robinson, President, Emissions Management Consulting (pdf)